Scottish Championships successes

The first Scottish Championships to be held since the foot and mouth outbreak proved a success for farmer’s son Douglas Tullie from Teviothead.

Douglas easily won M14A over a tough course near the Falls of Rogie, Strathpeffer. Also tasting victory was Kirstin Maxwell from Jedburgh who won W10B in what was her first major event. Others acheiving pdoium places were Sarah Tullie (3rd on W10A), James Tullie (2nd on M16A), John Tullie (2nd on M45L) and Carol Boyd (3rd on W21S).

Despite Roxburgh Reivers being one of the smallest clubs in Scotland, an excellent turnout of members meant 4 relay teams at the Relay Championships held near Daviot, south of Inverness.

Pride of place went to the inform Tullie family of Douglas, John and James who destroyed the opposition to win the 15km Short Open class. Just missing out on another win was the junior team of Sarah Tullie, Andrew Tullie and Kirstin Maxwell who acheived 2nd against much more experienced competition.

The inaugural Strathspey Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships were also held at Inschriach, near Aviemore on the bank holiday Monday. The map was specially prepared to show the rideability of paths and proved an interesting test of map reading skills whilst riding a bike over rough terrain. Although not cycling very often, John Tullie was the clear winner of the Medium (17km) course. On the same course Jame Tullie was 3rd, Douglas Tullie 19th and Lindsey Knox 20th.

On the Long (25km) course Jim Knox was 13th and on the Short (10km) course Andrew Tullie was 12th.

Full results and splits for both the Scottish Championships and the mountain biking event are available from the Scottish Orienteering Association Website.

Reivers do well in Northern Ireland

The 2002 British Orienteering Championships took place at Magilligan, Northern Ireland at the weekend (May 5 2002). Postponed from last year, following the foot and mouth outbreak that decimated the orienteering season, several Roxburgh Reivers travelled across the Irish Sea and recorded some commendable results.

Once again, the best performance came from Douglas Tullie on the M14A age class. Douglas finished in fourth place, with a time of 44:53 for the 4.8 Kilometre course and just eleven seconds away from a top three placing. Older brother James also had a great run, coming home in sixth place on the M16A age class and second Scot behind Scott Fraser of Edinburg-based Interlopers.

In the seniors, former Southern Reporter editor Douglas Henderson of Riding Mill finished in 15th place on the M50L age class  whilst Carol Boyd completed a quartet of top results for Roxburgh Reivers by coming in seventh on the W21S age class.

Full results and splits are available from the British Championships Website.

Moray 2003 update

Moray 2003 LogoPlans are advancing for next year’s Six Day competition, to be held on the Moray Coast in North East Scotland. It is expected that the brochure and entry form will be available at the Scottish Championships at Rogie, near Inverness (June 1-2). More information is available from the event website, which is almost complete and will feature online entry via credit cards from July. This is being advertised as the preferred way for people to enter.

The Website is at http://www.moray2003.org. Information on the area and booking accommodation can be found on the Aberdeen and Grampian Tourist Board’s Website: http://www.castlesandwhisky.com.

Scottish Championships Relays 2002

Class Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Conditions
Men’s Open Brown Blue Brown All Male
Women’s Open Blue Green Blue All Female
Medium Open Blue Blue Blue None
Short Open Green Green Green None
Mixed BOF 165+ Green Green Green Total ages must be over 165, must be one female
Mixed BOF 48- Green Light Green Green Total ages must be less than 48 – i.e. all juniors
M/W40- Yellow Orange Yellow Total ages must be less than 40 – i.e. all juniors
Mixed Ad Hoc Green Light Green Orange None

Please indicate if you have a preference for any particular class or colour standard or fellow members you want to run with and John will endeavour to make up teams to suit.

Email: john@bowanhill.demon.co.uk.

Summer Series @ Bowhill

Last night (April 24) saw the first of Roxburgh Reivers’ Wednesday evening Summer Series events and around forty people turned up at Bowhill Estate near Selkirk, including several newcomers to the sport. Results are available on the Results Page.

The next event in the series takes place next Wednesday (8 May) at Bowmont Forest near Kelso. Parking is at the sawmill on the minor road off the B6436 Kelso to Morebattle Road, 3km south of Kelso (OS Grid reference NT 729288 on the Landranger sheet 74). As with all the events, start times are available from 17:00 to 18:30 and entry is only £1, with a choice of three different courses.

Again, newcomers are particularly welcome to come along and try out a new sport. More information is available from the Summer Series homepage.

More success for Tullies in the Lake District

Roxburgh Reivers’ Douglas Tullie continued his fantastic form this season at Sunday’s National Event, held at Bigland Hall, near Ulverston, in the Lake District. Following up his fourth place at the recent Jan Kjellstrom International event and a win at last weekend’s Scottish Orienteering League race near Aboyne, Douglas narrowly missed out on the top spot in the M14A age class in one of North West England’s best areas. Douglas, from Teviothead, finished just 22 seconds down on winner Rhodri Buffet of South Wales, with a time of 46:17 for the 4.6 kilometre course and was a clear five minutes ahead of third placed fellow Scot Andrew Rogan of Moravian.

Older brother James also had a good run, with a top ten place on the competitive M16A age class. James, who finished in ninth place, was third Scot behind the eventual winner Oleg Cheplin of Grampian OC and recorded a time of just over 70 minutes for the physical 6.6 Kilometre course.

Full results are available from the Lakeland OC Website.